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namespace Antlr.Runtime
{

    /** <summary>
     *  A source of tokens must provide a sequence of tokens via nextToken()
     *  and also must reveal it's source of characters; CommonToken's text is
     *  computed from a CharStream; it only store indices into the char stream.
     *  </summary>
     *
     *  <remarks>
     *  Errors from the lexer are never passed to the parser.  Either you want
     *  to keep going or you do not upon token recognition error.  If you do not
     *  want to continue lexing then you do not want to continue parsing.  Just
     *  throw an exception not under RecognitionException and Java will naturally
     *  toss you all the way out of the recognizers.  If you want to continue
     *  lexing then you should not throw an exception to the parser--it has already
     *  requested a token.  Keep lexing until you get a valid one.  Just report
     *  errors and keep going, looking for a valid token.
     *  </summary>
     */
    public interface ITokenSource
    {
        /** <summary>
         *  Return a Token object from your input stream (usually a CharStream).
         *  Do not fail/return upon lexing error; keep chewing on the characters
         *  until you get a good one; errors are not passed through to the parser.
         *  </summary>
         */
        IToken NextToken();

        /** <summary>
         *  Where are you getting tokens from? normally the implication will simply
         *  ask lexers input stream.
         *  </summary>
         */
        string SourceName
        {
            get;
        }

        string[] TokenNames
        {
            get;
        }
    }
}
